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D-Index
40
Citations
11022
World Ranking
7907
National Ranking
2809

Paul E. Gessler publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul E. Gessler sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 83 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Paul E. Gessler D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul E. Gessler sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Paul E. Gessler is affiliated with the University of Idaho in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within Environmental Science, Medicine, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on several subfields including Infectious Diseases, Water Science and Technology, Ecology, Soil Science, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist has contributed to understanding topics related to hydrology, zoonotic diseases, viral infections, agricultural risk, and the impacts of climate change on agriculture. Specific areas of work include:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Agricultural risk and resilience
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture

Among recent publications by Paul E. Gessler are:

  • Bridging the gap: Using reservoir ecology and human serosurveys to estimate Lassa virus spillover in West Africa (2021, PLoS Computational Biology)
  • The Influence of Climate Variability on the Accuracy of NHD Perennial and Nonperennial Stream Classifications (2020, JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association)
  • Precision of Headwater Stream Permanence Estimates from a Monthly Water Balance Model in the Pacific Northwest, USA (2022, Water)
  • Climatic Damage Cause Variations of Agricultural Insurance Loss for the Pacific Northwest Region of the United States (2023, Agriculture)
  • Bridging the gap: Using reservoir ecology and human serosurveys to estimate Lassa virus spillover in West Africa (2020, bioRxiv - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The publication venues where Paul E. Gessler's work appears frequently include:

  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
  • Water
  • Agriculture
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Gessler has collaborated with several coauthors on multiple occasions, among them:

  • Konrad Hafen
  • Kyle W. Blasch
  • Andrew J. Basinski
  • Élisabeth Fichet-Calvet
  • Tanner J. Varrelman

Best Publications

  • Soil Attribute Prediction Using Terrain Analysis

    I.D. Moore;P.E. Gessler;G.A. Nielsen;G.A. Peterson

  • Remote sensing techniques to assess active fire characteristics and post-fire effects

    Leigh B. Lentile;Zachary A. Holden;Alistair M. S. Smith;Michael J. Falkowski

  • Soil-landscape modelling and spatial prediction of soil attributes

    Paul E. Gessler;I. D. Moore;N. J. McKenzie;P. J. Ryan

  • Land use/land cover change detection and prediction in the north-western coastal desert of Egypt using Markov-CA

    Marwa Waseem A. Halmy;Paul E. Gessler;Jeffrey A. Hicke;Boshra B. Salem

  • Modeling Soil–Landscape and Ecosystem Properties Using Terrain Attributes

    P. E. Gessler;O. A. Chadwick;F. Chamran;L. Althouse

  • Characterizing forest succession with lidar data: An evaluation for the Inland Northwest, USA

    Michael J. Falkowski;Michael J. Falkowski;Jeffrey S. Evans;Sebastian Martinuzzi;Paul E. Gessler

  • Spatial Prediction of Landslide Hazard Using Logistic Regression and ROC Analysis

    Pece V Gorsevski;Paul E Gessler;Randy B Foltz;William J Elliot

  • Automated estimation of individual conifer tree height and crown diameter via two-dimensional spatial wavelet analysis of lidar data

    Michael J Falkowski;Alistair M.S Smith;Andrew T Hudak;Paul E Gessler

  • Integrating Landsat TM and SRTM-DEM derived variables with decision trees for habitat classification and change detection in complex neotropical environments

    Steven E. Sesnie;Steven E. Sesnie;Paul E. Gessler;Bryan Finegan;Sirpa Thessler

  • Regression modeling and mapping of coniferous forest basal area and tree density from discrete-return lidar and multispectral satellite data

    Andrew T Hudak;Nicholas L Crookston;Jeffrey S Evans;Michael J Falkowski

  • Using in-situ measurements to evaluate the new RapidEye™ satellite series for prediction of wheat nitrogen status

    J. U. H. Eitel;D. S. Long;P. E. Gessler;A. M. S. Smith

  • Suitability of existing and novel spectral indices to remotely detect water stress in Populus spp.

    Jan U.H. Eitel;Paul E. Gessler;Alistair M.S. Smith;Ronald Robberecht

  • Integrating a fuzzy k-means classification and a Bayesian approach for spatial prediction of landslide hazard

    Pece V. Gorsevski;Paul E. Gessler;Piotr Jankowski

  • Characterizing and mapping forest fire fuels using ASTER imagery and gradient modeling

    Michael J. Falkowski;Paul E. Gessler;Penelope Morgan;Andrew T. Hudak

  • Combined Spectral Index to Improve Ground-Based Estimates of Nitrogen Status in Dryland Wheat

    J. U. H. Eitel;D. S. Long;P. E. Gessler;E. R. Hunt

  • DEM production methods and sources

    A.D. Nelson;H.I. Reuter;P. Gessler

  • Spatially and temporally distributed modeling of landslide susceptibility

    Pece V. Gorsevski;Paul E. Gessler;Jan Boll;William J. Elliot

  • An heuristic approach for mapping landslide hazard by integrating fuzzy logic with analytic hierarchy process

    Pece V. Gorsevski;Piotr Jankowski;Paul E. Gessler

  • The influence of conifer forest canopy cover on the accuracy of two individual tree measurement algorithms using lidar data

    Michael J Falkowski;Michael J Falkowski;Alistair M.S. Smith;Paul E Gessler;Andrew T Hudak

  • Positional uncertainty in manually digitized map data

    Paul V. Bolstad;Paul E. Gessler;Thomas M. Lillesand

  • Towards a New Framework for Modeling the Soil-Landscape Continuum

    K. Mcsweeney;B. K. Slater;R. David Hammer;J. C. Bell

Frequent Co-Authors

Alistair M. S. Smith
Alistair M. S. Smith University of Idaho
Michael J. Falkowski
Michael J. Falkowski Colorado State University
Andrew T. Hudak
Andrew T. Hudak US Forest Service
Penelope Morgan
Penelope Morgan University of Idaho
Jan U.H. Eitel
Jan U.H. Eitel University of Idaho
Piotr Jankowski
Piotr Jankowski San Diego State University
Lee A. Vierling
Lee A. Vierling University of Idaho
Jeffrey S. Evans
Jeffrey S. Evans The Nature Conservancy
Zachary A. Holden
Zachary A. Holden United States Department of Agriculture
Bryan Finegan
Bryan Finegan Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center

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